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Japan gives $1.4m to K'Rouge court
Kyodo News, Published on 23/12/2014
» PHNOM PENH — Japan has injected nearly $1.4 million more in funding assistance to support the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia, according to the Japanese embassy here.
US wants N. Korea to pay Sony
AFP, Published on 23/12/2014
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday urged North Korea to admit it ordered a cyberattack on the Hollywood studio Sony Pictures and to pay for the damage it had caused.
US fines Alstom record $772 mn in bribery case
AFP, Published on 23/12/2014
» WASHINGTON - French industrial giant Alstom will plead guilty and pay a record $772.3 million penalty in a wide-ranging foreign bribery case, the US Justice Department announced Monday.
Turkey-based AFP photographer wins Time laurel
AFP, Published on 23/12/2014
» WASHINGTON - Time magazine named AFP's Bulent Kilic as its Best Wire Photographer for 2014 on Monday for his powerful images from the Syrian border, Ukraine and his native Turkey.
Hartley hearing set for Tuesday
AFP, Published on 23/12/2014
» LONDON - Northampton captain Dylan Hartley could be facing another lengthy suspension after he was summoned on Monday to face a disciplinary hearing in London after his dismissal for elbowing Leicester's Matt Smith.
New French ‘van attack’ injures 10
AFP, Published on 23/12/2014
» A driver ploughed into a Christmas market in western France Monday, injuring 10 people before stabbing himself, a day after a man shouting "Allahu Akbar" ran down pedestrians in another French city.
Joe Cocker, blues legend, dead at 70
AFP, Published on 23/12/2014
» NEW YORK - Joe Cocker, whose intense, gritty voice won him wide acclaim that spanned both rock and blues, has died at age 70, his agent said Monday.
Klitschkos' former trainer dies
AFP, Published on 23/12/2014
» BERLIN - Fritz Sdunek, who was the trainer for Ukrainian heavyweight boxing brothers Vitaly and Wladimir Klitschko, has died aged 67, following complications after a heart attack, according to AFP subsidiary SID.
UEFA slaps four clubs with bans, fines for unpaid bills
AFP, Published on 23/12/2014
» GENEVA - Turkey's 2010 league champions Bursaspor were one of four European clubs fined Monday and barred from playing in the next UEFA club competition they qualify for over unpaid bills.
French villa linked to disgraced Chinese politician on sale: report
AFP, Published on 23/12/2014
» BEIJING - A luxurious villa linked to disgraced former Chinese political heavyweight Bo Xilai has gone on sale for nearly seven million euros in France, state media reported Monday.